The Institute of Sales and Marketing Management, Bristol: ‘How to Create ‘Devoted’ Customers’

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[ November 26, 2009; 6:15 pm to 8:45 pm. ] Andy has been asked to present an evening seminar on creating real competitive advantage by creating not satisfied, or even delighted customers, but 'devoted' customers. Practical tools and techniques on creating consistently great customer experiences and maxisiming relationships with new and existing customers.  For more details, click here.

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Entrepreneurs Forum, Teesside: ‘Tees Pride’

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[ September 28, 2009; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Andy has been asked to facilitate what promises to be a fabulous 'from the horse's mouth' panel evening event. Participants will be able to question and hear from a panel of highly successful Teesside based entrepreneurs explaining how they are surviving and thriving in today's competitive world. Click here for more details

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Entrepreneurs Forum, Gateshead: Creating and Keeping Customers in Tougher Times

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[ September 15, 2009; 8:30 am to 9:00 pm. ] Andy is facilitating a half day workshop aimed at helping you develop a proactive approach to developing and maximising customer relationships in a world of ever increasing competition, customer expectations and choice. Click here for more details.

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Women In Business, Barnsley: ‘Thinking in 3D’

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[ September 16, 2009; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Andy is presenting 'Thinking in 3D' to the Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber Women in Business group.....but it is 'bring a bloke', so all welcome!!! Click here for more details and for booking.

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A Fresh Pair Of Eyes

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I took my 11 year old neice Tilly to London for a couple of days earlier this week – we had a lovely time doing all the ‘Tommy Tourist’ stuff you do, visiting things that I thought an 11 year old would want to see. Tilly specifically wanted to go to The National Gallery in [...]

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So Near But ‘So Fa’

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My other half Jill is eagerly awaiting delivery of a new sofa from Marks & Spencer – well, we’re both waiting, but for Jill, apparently it’s all very exciting (I know, different things work for different people!). We were originally told 10 to 12 weeks delivery, which was a bit frustrating, but ok. Good things [...]

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Motivational Methods

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Motivating people, particularly in these ‘trickier times’, appears to be a key factor for success in improving ‘competitiveness’, but how do you do it? Unfortunately, there’s no simple answer, but here are two insights I like, both very different. Firstly, a great twenty minute presentation from Dan Pink, the ‘motivational thinker’. He was speaking at TED [...]

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Six Year Old ‘Director Of Fun’!

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Here’s a great story about six year old Sam Pointon who applied for the job as Director of The National Rail Museum in York on hearing the news that the existing direcor was retiring. The train mad six year old wrote to staff explaining  ‘I am only six but  I think I could do this job’. They [...]

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You Too Can Learn From U2

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I went to see U2 at Don Valley, Sheffield last night – what a brilliant performance! Bono and the boys put on a fantastic show for the 50,000 people who attended – a really magical evening. I know, you’re saying ‘Andy, I come on this blog for ideas about business, not to learn about what [...]

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Social Media – Threat Or Opportunity?

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Not convinced that ‘Social Media’ is relevant to your business? Check out these statistics to show the shear scale of what’s happening. My favourite is that the ‘population’ of Facebook means that if it was a country, it would be the fourth biggest in the world, that’s bigger than Russia, Japan and Brazil! Not sure what they [...]

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